In the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25, the Indian team had to face defeat by 1-3 at the hands of Australia. Due to this defeat, the Indian team also lost the chance to reach the final of the World Test Championship (WTC). Now Australia and South Africa will clash in the WTC final.
This cricketer’s strange statement regarding Shubman
Team India’s star batsman Shubman Gill performed disappointingly in the series against Australia, due to which he has come under the target of critics. In this series, Shubman scored 93 runs in a total of 5 innings at an average of 18.60, which was a very average performance for the number-3 batsman.
Now a surprising statement of former cricketer Subramaniam Badrinath has come out regarding the selection of Shubman Gill and Team India. Badrinath also accused the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) of regional discrimination in team selection. Badrinath criticized Shubman and said that if he was from Tamil Nadu, he would have been dropped from the team.
Badrinath told Star Sports Tamil, ‘Had Shubhman Gill been from Tamil Nadu, he would have been dropped from the team. It is very difficult for me to see this. At that level, he has not lived up to expectations. According to Badrinath, Shubman has been kept in the team because he is from North India.
Badrinath further said, ‘If you cannot score runs, then at least show intent and aggression. I wanted him to tire the bowlers and wear out the ball. Help your fellow players and persevere even if runs are not scored. Play 100 balls and tire the bowlers. Labuschagne and McSweeney did this in some matches.
Badrinath says, ‘You should not go there and say that hey, I play like this. I will stand and perform. Four people will write about you. Whatever you can do at that time, you should do it. In this series, I did not get that from Shubman. His fielding on the field was average, he could not survive in slip and point. What does he contribute to the team?
Badrinath’s international record was like this
Let us tell you that 44 year old Subramaniam Badrinath played 2 Tests, 7 ODIs and 1 T20 match for India. During this period, he scored 63 runs in Test, 79 runs in ODI and 43 runs in T20 International. Badrinath had a brilliant first class career, scoring 10245 runs in 145 matches at an average of 54.49. Badrinath scored 32 centuries and 45 half-centuries in first class cricket.